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BIG NEWS! Bill Ending Discrimination Against Gays Likely to Pass Soon
This is not a dream, this is real. Although many have dreamed of this day for a long time. It now appears a virtual certainty that legislation banning discrimination based on sexual orientation in Delaware will pass both houses of the Delaware General Assembly, and will be signed by the Governor this month. In a […]
Del-Tech Has the Joint Finance Committee Wired. Here’s How…
“DTCC Grunt”, over at the Delawareonline board, posted the following from Delaware Technical & Community College President Orlando J. George, Jr.: I am pleased to share with you that on Tuesday, June 2, the Board of Trustees unanimously passed the Employee Compensation Resolution, giving them the flexibility to preserve College employee salaries at existing levels […]
Read All About It In the Sunday Papers-June 7, 2009
Lead Story-The (UK) Independent: How the Freedom of Information Act and Investigative Journalism Brought Down the British Government And, yes, this is precisely how El Somnambulo hopes that Delaware journalists will use their new access once HB 1 becomes law: Richard Thomas, the Information Commissioner, in his first interview since the staggering scale of the […]
‘Bulo’s Saturday Music for the Masses-Mysterious Thelonious Edition
Thelonious. Sphere. Monk. Perhaps the greatest name of all-time and inarguably the perfect name for the idiosyncratic genius who transformed jazz. Also one of El Somnambulo’s all-time favorite composer/musicians in any genre. Donald Fagen of Steely Dan said it best, “The ET in my bedroom was my Thelonious Monk records.” Time to Phone Home: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gwNli2C1sw[/youtube] […]
Supermarket Owner Co-Sponsors Beer/Wine Sales in Supermarkets Bill
Only in Delaware. Imagine the Beast Who Slumber’s surprise when he went looking for more information on HB 193, the bill that would enable supermarkets to sell beer and wine, and he discovered that a prominent grocery store owner who also just happens to be a state legislator is one of its sponsors. Rep. Gerald […]
Supermarket Beer/Wine Sales: A Solution in Search of a Problem
For some reason (El Somnambulo suspects just the Usual Poor Editorial Judgement), the News-Journal decided to make today’s lead story the introduction of legislation to permit beer and wine sales in Delaware supermarkets. The Beast Who Slumbers couldn’t care less whether the bill passes or not. It is clearly an attempt by the large grocery […]
R. I. P. Koko Taylor-Queen of the Blues
The unchallenged Queen of the Blues, Koko Taylor, has passed away at the age of 80. A blues shouter, and one of the preeminent Chicago blues greats, Taylor headlined the 2008 Riverfront Blues Fest in Wilmington. Here she is performing her signature song, “Wang Dang Doodle”, which was written by Willie Dixon, who accompanies Koko […]
Cris Barrish’s Story on Lonnie George is Must-Reading
Anyone who truly wants to understand the Delaware Way simply must read Cris Barrish’s superb piece on Orlando J. George, Jr. from Sunday’s News-Journal. Lonnie George is an exceedingly brilliant and accomplished person. That is not the issue. However, like Orson Welles, he is a man of gargantuan appetites, and he has demonstrated his need (and […]
Cheney: Saddam/Al Qaeda Link? Uh, Never Mind
All the carnage. All the lives destroyed. All the billions shoveled down the rat-hole. All of this based on a lie. A lie that Dick Cheney now admits: June 1 (Bloomberg) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney disavowed intelligence he once cited to suggest that then-Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein collaborated with al-Qaeda to stage the Sept. 11 attacks. Cheney […]
Updated-News-Journal: Boxwood GM Plant to Close
UPDATE: Governor Jack Markell has released the following statement about the GM closing: WILMINGTON — Gov. Jack Markell released the following statement Monday in response to General Motors’ decision to close its Boxwood Road plant. Since taking office in January, Markell has worked with U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, U.S. Sen. Ted Kaufman and U.S. Rep. […]
Yep, He Was a Wingnut
While the Bush ‘Justice’ Department was infiltrating groups like the Audubon Society and those militant Quaker groups (irony intended), weapons-toting self-styled “Freemen” like Scott Roeder were doing whatever the hell they wanted. After all, just how dangerous could Roeder be?: Those who know Roeder said he believed that killing abortion doctors was an act of […]
Read All About It in the Sunday Papers-May 31, 2009
‘Bulo apologizes to his fan(s) for the relative lateness of this post. He was at the Arden Gild Hall last night, and comfortably blended in with those granola grannies while watching Marcia Ball and scorching opener, The Skyla Burrell Band, tear the roof off the place. So, he’s posting this and returning to Dreamland. LEAD STORY: […]
‘Bulo Went to a Memorial Service…and the Veep Showed Up
Talk about your ‘Only in Delaware’ moments! The Beast Who Slumbers attended a memorial service at the Arden Gild Hall today for Robert Cunningham. Bob was a true progressive, fiercely committed to civil rights long before there was a civil rights movement, and fiercely loyal to Joe Biden and to his family. He was also one […]
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